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4th SS MW Ch 7
My World Ch 7 Vocab New Challenges for Texas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plantation | a large farm that produces crops to sell |
| abolitionists | people who wanted to end slavery |
| tariff | a tax paid on goods that come from another country |
| nullify | cancel |
| secede | to officially leave or separate from a group |
| cavalry | a group of soldiers who fight battles on horseback |
| blockade | is an effort to stop ships from going in or out of a port |
| Reconstruction | a time of rebuilding and change in the South after the Civil War |
| Junteenth | a state celebration of the day slaves in Texas learned that they were free |
| sharecropper | a farmer who pays part of what he or she grows to a landowner |
| segregation | racial separation, or keeping African Americans separate from white people |
| fort | a strongly constructed building used to house soldiers and weapons |
| Buffalo Soldiers | African American soldiers who fought against the Plains Indians |
| Indian Territory | land that was set aside as territory for the American Indians in 1830 |